Gina Rey Rodríguez

Architect and professor

Name:

Georgina Rey Rodríguez

Life Dates:

Born 1946 in Santa Clara, Cuba

Country:

Cuba

Positions:

Since 1970 architect and urbanist in Cuba

Full Professor at the CUJAE

Field of expertise:

Urban planning, urbanism, teaching

Education:

Polytechnic José Antonio Echavarría CUJAE, Havana

Memberships:

‘National Union of Architects and Construction Engineers of Cuba’ UNAICC

National Architecture Award for Life and Work 2015

Short Biography

Graduated in 1970 from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Havana, Professor Rey Rodriguez, PhD in Technical Sciences, has a vast professional record, covering specialties such as urbanism, territorial and urban planning. She has also worked in national and regional development programs, as well as in the creation of policies for the development of habitat, precarious settlements, urban rehabilitation and the enhancement of cultural heritage. She worked within the Capital’s Integrated Development Group to develop the Havana city’s master plan. She is still working with the National Communities Group to strengthen community development within the different typologies of the city. Also she has in the present alternated her work in the field with teaching at the CUJAE as a full professor at that university.

Work

As architect, urbanist and landscape designer, Rey works together with sociologists and psychologists by assisting the adaptation of campesinos in population settlements like Alamar in East Havana. In view of the persistent housing shortage, self-construction groups called Microbrigadas, were set up in Cuba since 1971 under the leadership of Rey and other architects and urbanists.

Figure 1: Habana del Este - Camilo Cienfuegos
Figure 2: Jardín Botánico
Figure 3: Housing in Alamar

Bibliography

Interview with Gina Rey

Cuadra, M. (2019). DE PRIMERA MANO: La Arquitectura de la Revolución Cubana 1959-2018 ENTREVISTAS CON SUS PROTAGONISTAS Y CRONISTAS. kassel university press GmbH.

Illustration credits

Main image: http://www.granma.cu/cuba/2015-03-10/un-premio-para-no-parar (last accessed on 08.02.2022)

Figure 1: https://latin_america.academic.ru/784/Гавана-дель-Эсте (last accessed on 08.02.2022)

Figure 2: Cuadra, Manuel: Träume und Räume einer Revolution, Kassel 2019, S. 147.

Figure 3: https://www.flickr.com/photos/xtrex/3859779948/in/photostream/ (last accessed on 08.02.2022)

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